US2025063587A1PendingUtilityA1

Communication method, network device and storage medium

Assignee: ZTE CORPPriority: Dec 28, 2021Filed: Dec 27, 2022Published: Feb 20, 2025
Est. expiryDec 28, 2041(~15.4 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
H04L 5/0048H04B 17/336H04B 17/318H04W 72/1263H04W 72/542H04W 72/0453H04W 72/0446H04W 72/541H04L 5/00
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Abstract

Disclosed are a communication method, a network device, and a storage medium. The method may include receiving a first reference signal sent by a second UE, and acquiring a first signal strength measurement value according to the first reference signal; receiving a second reference signal sent by a BS equipment, and acquiring a second signal strength measurement value according to the second reference signal; acquiring measurement information according to the first and second signal strength measurement values, and sending the measurement information to the first BS equipment, to instruct the first BS equipment to obtain a SINR through the measurement information, and to generate a scheduling command according to the SINR; and receiving the scheduling command sent by the first BS equipment, and performing communication according to the scheduling command.

Claims

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1 . A method for communication, applied to a first User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:
 receiving a first reference signal sent by a second UE, and acquiring a first signal strength measurement value according to the first reference signal;   receiving a second reference signal sent by a first base station (BS) equipment, and acquiring a second signal strength measurement value according to the second reference signal;   acquiring measurement information according to the first signal strength measurement value and the second signal strength measurement value, and sending the measurement information to the first BS equipment, to instruct the first BS equipment to obtain a Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) through the measurement information, and to generate a scheduling command according to the SINR; wherein
 the scheduling command is utilized to determine whether each of the first UE and the second UE performs respective communication over the same time-frequency resource; and 
   receiving the scheduling command sent by the first BS equipment, and performing communication according to the scheduling command.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein acquiring the measurement information according to the first signal strength measurement value and the second signal strength measurement value comprises:
 acquiring a noise power, and acquiring the measurement information according to the first signal strength measurement value, the second signal strength measurement value, and the noise power; or   acquiring communication environment information, and acquiring the measurement information according to the first signal strength measurement value, the second signal strength measurement value, and the communication environment information.   
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein a plurality of second UEs comprising the second UE are provided, the plurality of second UEs are grouped into a second spatial division group, and receiving the first reference signal sent by the second UE and acquiring the first signal strength measurement value according to the first reference signal comprises:
 receiving a plurality of first reference signals each sent by a respective one of the plurality of second UEs in the second spatial division group; and   combining the plurality of first reference signals of the second spatial division group to acquire the first signal strength measurement value.   
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 3 , wherein combining the plurality of first reference signals of the second spatial division group to acquire the first signal strength measurement value comprises:
 acquiring the first signal strength measurement value by weighting the plurality of first reference signals of the second spatial division group.   
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein performing the communication according to the scheduling command comprises at least one of,
 performing the communication over the same time-frequency resource as that of the second UE according to the scheduling command, in response to the SINR being greater than or equal to a threshold value; or   performing the communication over a different time-frequency resource from that of the second UE according to the scheduling command, in response to the SINR being lower than the threshold value.   
     
     
         6 . A method for communication, applied to a first Base Station (BS) equipment, the method comprising:
 sending a second reference signal to a first User Equipment (UE), to instruct the first UE to acquire a second signal strength measurement value according to the second reference signal;   receiving measurement information sent by the first UE; wherein the measurement information comprises a first signal strength measurement value and the second signal strength measurement value; and the first signal strength measurement value is generated by the first UE according to a first reference signal sent by a second UE;   acquiring a Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) of the first UE in relation to the second UE according to the measurement information, and generating a scheduling command according to the SINR; wherein
 the scheduling command is utilized to determine whether each of the first UE and the second UE performs respective communication over the same time-frequency resource; and 
   sending the scheduling command respectively to the first UE and the second UE, to instruct each of the first UE and the second UE to perform respective communication according to the scheduling command.   
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 6 , wherein the measurement information comprises a noise power of the first UE, and acquiring the SINR of the first UE in relation to the second UE according to the measurement information comprises:
 acquiring the SINR according to the first signal strength measurement value, the second signal strength measurement value and the noise power which are indicated by the measurement information.   
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 7 , wherein the noise power is acquired according to at least one of,
 receiving the noise power sent by the first UE; or   acquiring communication environment information of the first UE, and acquiring the noise power.   
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 6 , wherein generating the scheduling command according to the SINR comprises:
 acquiring a threshold value of the SINR configured according to a communication requirement of the first UE; and   generating the scheduling command according to a relationship between the SINR and the threshold value.   
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 9 , wherein generating the scheduling command according to the relationship between the SINR and the threshold value comprises one of:
 generating the scheduling command and determining that each of the first UE and the second UE performs respective communication over the same time-frequency resource, in response to the SINR being greater than or equal to the threshold value; or   generating the scheduling command and determining that each of the first UE and the second UE performs respective communication over different time-frequency resources, in response to the SINR being lower than the threshold value.   
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 9 , wherein generating the scheduling command according to the relationship between the SINR and the threshold value comprises:
 establishing a first inter-user interference table according to the relationship between the SINR and the threshold value; and   generating the scheduling command based on the first inter-user interference table.   
     
     
         12 . The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the second UE is in communicative connection with a second BS equipment, and after establishing the first inter-user interference table according to the relationship between the SINR and the threshold value, the method further comprises:
 sending the first inter-user interference table to the second BS equipment, such that the second BS equipment performs communication scheduling according to the first inter-user interference table; and   receiving a second inter-user interference table sent by the second BS equipment, and updating the first inter-user interference table according to the second inter-user interference table; wherein
 the second inter-user interference table is acquired by the second BS equipment according to the corresponding first UE and second UE. 
   
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 10 , wherein a plurality of first UEs and/or a plurality of second UEs are provided, and the first UE is one of the plurality of first UEs, and the second UE is one of the plurality of second UEs; and
 generating the scheduling command and determining that each of the first UE and the second UE performs respective communicative over the same time-frequency resource, in response to the SINR being greater than or equal to the threshold value comprises:
 successively determining that one first UE of the plurality of first UEs and one second UE of the plurality of second UEs are in a pairable relationship in response to the SINR of the one first UE in relation to the one second UE being greater than or equal to the threshold value, to identify a plurality pairs of first UE and second UE satisfying the pairable relationship; 
 acquiring an equipment priority according to at least one of, pairing objects, number of pairings, or the relationship between the SINR and the threshold value among the plurality pairs of the first UEs and the second UEs satisfying the pairable relationship; and 
 generating a scheduling command according to the equipment priority to schedule each UE corresponding pair of first UE and second UE satisfying the pairable relationship to perform respective communication over the same time-frequency resource. 
   
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 6 , wherein generating the scheduling command according to the SINR comprises:
 generating the scheduling command according to the SINR of each first UE of a plurality of first UEs in a first spatial division group in relation with the second UE, in response to a provision of the plurality of first UEs belonging to the first spatial division group, wherein the first UE is one of the plurality of first UEs; or   generating the scheduling command according to the SINR of each second UE of a plurality of second UEs in a second spatial division group in relation with the first UE, in response to a provision of the plurality of second UEs belonging to the second spatial division group, wherein the second UE is one of the plurality of second UEs.   
     
     
         15 . A method for communication, applied to a second User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:
 sending a first reference signal to a first UE, to instruct the first UE to acquire a first signal strength measurement value according to the first reference signal; and   receiving a scheduling command sent by a first Base Station (BS) equipment, and performing communication according to the scheduling command; wherein,
 the scheduling command is acquired by the first BS equipment according to the Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) of the first UE in relation to the second UE; 
 the scheduling command is utilized for determining whether each of the first UE and the second UE performs respective communication over the same time-frequency resource; 
 the SINR is acquired by the first BS equipment according to the measurement information that comprises the first signal strength measurement value and a second signal strength measurement value; and 
 the second signal strength measurement value is acquired by the first UE according to a second reference signal sent by the first BS equipment. 
   
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 15 , wherein performing the communication according to the scheduling command comprises at least one of,
 performing the communication over the same time-frequency resource as that of the first UE according to the scheduling command, in response to the SINR being greater than or equal to a threshold value; or   performing the communication over a different time-frequency resource from that of the first UE according to the scheduling command, in response to the SINR being lower than the threshold value.   
     
     
         17 . A network device, comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored in the memory and executable by the processor which, when executed by the processor causes the processor to carry out the method of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         18 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to carry out the method as claimed in  claim 1 .

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